Event

2003 Nasiriyah bombing

12 Nov 2003 · 31.03° N, 46.25° E

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When
12 Nov 2003
Kind
Event
Coordinates
31.03° N, 46.25° E
Description
In Nasiriyah, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.

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2003 Nasiriyah bombing

Suicide attack on Italian forces in Iraq

The 2003 Nasiriyah bombing was a suicide attack on the Italian Carabinieri Multinational Specialized Unit (MSU) headquarters in Nasiriyah, Iraq, south of Baghdad on 12 November 2003. The attack resulted in the deaths of 18 Italian servicemembers, mostly members of the MSU, an Italian civilian, and 9 Iraqi civilians and was the worst Italian military disaster since World War II.

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